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Luca Yorke
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By Luca Yorke
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What actually causes an earthquake??
00 It's quite simple actually!
Earthquakes are usually caused when underground rock suddenly breaks and there is rapid motion along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake. During and after the earthquake, the plates or blocks of rock start moving—and they continue to move until they get stuck again.
What kind of impacts do they have?
Economic
Envioremental
Earthquakes will doesrupt alot of the enviorement too:
Due to an earthquake, it would disrupt alot of the economy:
Roads and railways would be destroyed, causing a lack in supplies and medical services.
Earthquakes can result in the ground shaking, soil liquefaction, landslides, fissures, avalanches, fires and tsunamis.
Resturanys and other local bussiness'' will have to close due to damage, meaning lower money income for alot of people.